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Lawmakers and state officials are calling for an increase in funding for Texas' state park system as many of its 95 parks are forced closed by hundreds of millions of dollars in deferred maintenance accrued over decades.

Hoping to get the state's coal into new markets, Wyoming lawmakers are pushing a bill to allow the state to issue $1 billion in bonds to finance the construction of a Northwest coal port.

A state lawmaker plans to hold oversight hearings next month on wrongdoings and ethical violations at the Public Utilities Commission.

Ohio's Senate has approved a measure putting new restrictions on farmers' fertilizer use in a bid to protect Lake Erie from toxic algae blooms.

A new report found more than 1,000 instances of contamination above state safety standards in California's public drinking water systems during fiscal 2013.

Pregnant women exposed to a plasticizer that was banned from children's toys and child care articles in 2008 are more likely to give birth to infant boys with permanently altered genitals, according to new research.

California's nascent high-speed rail line is prompting a global race to supply $1 billion in train cars.

Four workers at a California Exxon Mobil Corp. refinery were injured yesterday when an explosion triggered a huge smokestack flare and rained ash down on the area.

Florida Power & Light has proposed making permanent what was meant to be a temporary fix last year -- pumping up to 100 million gallons of fresh water into Turkey Point nuclear power plant cooling canals from a nearby drainage canal.

Indiana lawmakers yesterday passed legislation that would lower net metering rates and tax solar energy consumers, despite strong opposition from renewable energy advocates who claim the bill is designed to kill the state's solar industry.

Federal regulators ordered the Midwest grid operator today to assess the costs and benefits of the forced operation of three controversial coal-burning plants in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Many state and local governments are making plans to adapt roads and other parts of their transportation systems to weather the potential effects of climate change, according to a series of "case studies" posted online yesterday by the Georgetown Climate Center.

A federal court ruling gave a group of California Indian tribes the right to evict a tenant but did not settle the ongoing land dispute between the tribes and non-Indian landowners along a section of the Colorado River.

Rebounding bald eagle populations are facing a new, microscopic threat that could once again imperil the species.

The Obama administration today announced it will give fourth-grade students and their families free admission to national parks, wildlife refuges and other public lands during the 2015-16 school year, part of a broader push to connect kids to the outdoors.

As lawmakers gear up to work on a major transportation package this year, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) is floating a measure aimed at stanching the polluted stormwater that washes off highways into streams and rivers.

Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander (D) announced today he will challenge Sen. Roy Blunt (R) for his seat, earning an immediate endorsement from Senate Democrats' campaign arm as he prepares for a likely uphill battle with the first-term senator.